Fleay's Frog

Mixophyes fleayi is found across 15 electorates.

Fleay's Frog is a large fossorial frog growing to 90 mm with a steeply sloped, blunt snout. The dorsal surface is light to dark brown with indistinct darker marbling. A dark brown Y-shaped vertebral band with irregular edges starts between the eyes and extends to the vent, sometimes breaking up into a series of blotches along the mid-line. The sides are grey-brown, fading to yellow posteriorly and overlaid by a series of black spots. There is an irregular dark band running from the nostrils through the eye to a point behind the tympanum. There is a dark purple patch beneath the eye. The upper lip is usually mottled brown. The ventral surfaces of the body and limbs are typically yellow, the throat and underside of the thighs may be speckled with brown. The vocal sac is present in males. The soles and palms are black. The thighs are grey-brown, with 7 to 8 narrow, black cross-bands¹

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